Arielle FoxArielle Fox is the self-published author/illustrator of the children's picture book trilogy Helmut's Secret. She has been an elementary school educator for 16 years in Brooklyn, New York, right where she grew up. Her picture book stories are inspiredby the social-emotional experiences and needs of the hundreds of children that she has worked with over the years both in her NYC classroom and through her many diverse volunteer teaching experiences with children all around the globe, in countries such as Africa, India, and the Middle East! Arielle also loves to write and direct plays for her school community performed by both the children and adults at her school. The plays center on historical events, groundbreaking and inspiring figures in American History, the Civil Rights Movement, Women's Suffrage and peace. She writes her plays and books in a way that allows children to enter into a topic or a world at an entry point that makes sense to them, where they can empathize and understand the characters' plights in the most meaningful ways possible. She believes that laughter, imagination, and children's powerful feelings, along with intellectual stimulation are the keys to success in developing lifelong readers and extraordinary learners and individuals! Read More Read Less